Ottawa Public Health seeking ways to continue wastewater testing
Mari Teitelbaum, a vice-president with CHEO, said the Ottawa children's hospital can use the data from wastewater monitoring to better help manage its resources.
"We were upping staffing in the emergency departments, how many isolation beds we needed, things like that. So this data has been incredibly important, and three to five days' lead time can make a big difference," she said.
[Medical Officer of Health Dr. Vera] Etches said the cost of wastewater monitoring can range from $370,000 to maintain the sampling seven days a week and report five days a week, to about $230,000 to sample and report three days a week.
